Turk February posted:

Vader is death metal from Poland, while Witchery is thrash metal with a little bit of Swedish death metal influence.

Spergio Leone posted:

If you want folky stuff, you simply cannot go wrong with Moonsorrow. Their earlier stuff is right up there in the epic melodic territory. Their later albums are the definition of intense.

You have a good list of death metal in your post. I'd say give Entombed a try since they are a fundament of the genre and have awesome groove going on. They're miles different from the likes of Cannibal Corpse but are awesome. This one is a cover but it has the vibe I want to convey they have.

Then there's Skeletonwitch, who have been shat on in the past few pages but I totally dig. They have that thrash thing straight from the 80s with awesome subdued melodies kinda like some Amon Amarth songs. I was just listening to this song on the way home and it made me air guitar in public. Yeah.

IRQ posted:

I find Opeth to be boring and soulless, but you might give Orphaned Land a try if you like progish metal with vocals running from harsh to clean. You might also try Primordial. edit: Newer Amorphis if you can handle a 70 thousand ton cruiseshipload of autotune on the clean vocals.

From your list I see that you like the female fronted stuff a lot. Check out Epica, not only for that, but for the fact that they named themselves after a Kamelot album and you also like them. After Forever is probably up your alley as well.

Folk metal: Eluveitie are big and fairly accessible. Falconer is probably something you would like (skip the albums without Mathias Blad). If you want to go back to its roots, Skyclad.

Hammer Floyd posted:

The problem is that Lars is required for Metallica. He's an absolute oval office, but his cuntishness is the reason why they got so successful. His willingness to step on somebody else in order to get that little bit further ahead is probably why we know about Metallica more than we do any other Bay Area thrash band.

Sure, their music went commercial with Load\Reload, but I actually argue that Black is pretty loving metal. Holier Than Thou? Through The Never? Struggle Within? The God That Failed is basically an off-cut from AJFA and Wherever I May Roam is just a loving awesome song it doesn't matter what the gently caress it is. Sad But True (while painfully overplayed) is heavy as hell and so is My Friend Of Misery.

Besides, they were expected to win a Grammy for One. I mean...if you're winning grammys, you're probably reasonably commercial aren't you? All of their marketability comes from Lars' direction, but the awesome music comes from James.

Incoherence posted:

You didn't notice Kamelot's obnoxious tendency to autotune the gently caress out of everything recently?

The Capitulator posted:

My theory is that most metalheads dislike them purely because they are big / popular and high school kids like them. But you never know these days.

I personally like some of their slower material (eg. Walk With Me in Hell, Descending), especially drumming - the guy has a very distinct style and sound, at least in my opinion. But yes, they are the Pantera of this generation and yes, most of their material is very bland / generic.

Misogynist posted:

IRQ posted:

Yeah. Folk/power metal generally. They're way more folky on their latest release.


I always found them to be a bit ostentatious, but a good deal of folk metal right now has black metal tinges. Also black metal is pretty awesome so you should try to get over that.